Re: Child witnesses of DV

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There is an article by alan Tomkins and associates (Tomkins et al,
(1992) children who witness woman battering. Law & Poalicy, 14,169-184
(se3e especially pp 174-175 for this issue) It is in a special issue of
Law and Policy on child Abuse and neglect edited by me and Howard
Doueck. Murray Levine
On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, David Finkelhor wrote:

> 
> 	There has been some recent debate about the issue of child
> protection investigations triggered when police or other service providers
> trying to assist battered women recognize that their children have been
> exposed to domestic violence. Does anyone know of any communities or
> groups that have developed protocols for trying to specify conditions
> under which child protective reports might be warranted or guidelines for
> police, shelter workers and others who work with wife abuse victims? Do
> anyone know of any research going on on this topic?  
> 
> David Finkelhor
> Family Research Lab
> University of New Hampshire
> Durham, NH 03824
> 
> davidf@christa.unh.edu (or)
> david.finkelhor@unh.edu
> 
> 
> (603) 862-2761
> 
> The FRL now has a website: http://www.unh.edu/frl/index.html
> 

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